Thursday, October 8, 2009

Summary of Odysseus

I read Odysseus, a myth. Odysseus was a hero who had a beard trimmed to a point, bronze hair, tanned skin and blue eyes. His was the head of his army and he was a brave warrior who fought in a war in troy for over ten years. He won the ever lasting war and set off to his home Ithaca. When he was sailing in the seas, his twelve ships meet an enormous storm. Luckily, every twelve ships were together, not a single ship was left out. However, they had lost their way back to Ithaca and they realize that they were sailing in strange waters. They were running out of food, so they land on an unknown island. Unfortunately, the lotus-eaters were living in the island so they quickly set of headed to another island. Unluckily, giant Cyclops were living in the next island. The crowd including Odysseus was captured in a dark cave and the Cyclops ate two of his men freshly each day. With the great knowledge of Odysseus, they poke Cyclops’ eye and escape the cave by hiding under the sheep when they are going out to be fed. After the escaping, they head to another island. They land on the island of Aeolia and the king Lamus welcomed them. They ate and rested a lot and with lots of food in the ship, they headed to the other island as always. They land on Circe’s island the next time. Circe was a witch who could turn people into animals. They stop Circe from keep making people into animals and Circe suggested them to go to underworld to ask the way to Ithaca to the spirits. They reach to underworld by following the sea-lane to the underworld. The brave Odysseus asks to the spirits to tell them the way back to Ithaca. This is all l have read so far.

2 comments:

  1. Sung Jun, very complete summary of what you have read. I would like you to edit one more time. Pay special attention to conventions. You have several grammatical errors. I will read again this weekend.

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  2. Sorry i had a hard time getting into blogspot.com. Blogspot didn't work in my home so i had to edit it in my friends house.

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